Gemma Chan

Studied law at the University of Oxford, but declined a job at the law firm Slaughter and May after graduation, andchose to pursue a career in acting. Reached the final 3 in the first series of Sky One's Project Catwalk in 2006. Worked as a model for a year to raise money for drama school, applying without her parents' knowledge. Appeared in the play Turandot at the Hampstead Theatre in London in 2008. Sold the dress she woreto the 2013BAFTA Awardsfor eBay's Big Charity 50, donating the money to Breast Cancer Care.